TITLE

Reaching out for help

AUTHOR(S)
Ko, Marnie
PUB. DATE
August 2001
SOURCE
Report / Newsmagazine (BC Edition);8/20/2001, Vol. 28 Issue 16, p22
SOURCE TYPE
Periodical
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Focuses on fugitive John Bjornstrom who escaped from the Rayleigh Correctional Camp in Kamloops, British Columbia in 1999. How he is suspected of thefts of goods and supplies and eludes police near Shuswap Lake; Indication that he has stolen a variety of weapons from cottages; His use of letters and tape recordings to communicate his apologies to cabin owners; Outlook for his capture.
ACCESSION #
5089130

Tags: BJORNSTROM, John;  FUGITIVES from justice;  THIEVES;  CRIMINALS

 

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